19 must-read dark books like Credence by Penelope Douglas

Cover of Credence by Penelope Douglas

Credence

By: Penelope Douglas

3.68

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Tiernan de Haas doesn’t care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his star…

"Making a mistake takes seconds. Living with them takes a lifetime."

-Penelope Douglas, Credence

"Making a mistake takes seconds. Living with them takes a lifetime."

-Penelope Douglas, Credence

If you liked the dark plot in Credence by Penelope Douglas , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Praise (Salacious Players Club, #1) by Sara Cate

1. Praise (Salacious Players Club, #1)

By: Sara Cate

4.11

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

He calls me perfect. His flawless pet. His good girl. Broken down and wounded by my emotiona… read more

Similar categories in Sara Cate's Praise (Salacious Players Club, #1) book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1) by Brynne Weaver

2. Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)

By: Brynne Weaver

4.09

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Every serial killer needs a friend. Every game must have a winner. When a chance encounter sp… read more

Similar categories in Brynne Weaver's Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1) book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Satan's Affair by H.D. Carlton

3. Satan's Affair

By: H.D. Carlton

3.71

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

Every Halloween, Satan's Affair will come to you. We travel the country, offering terrifying hau… read more

Similar categories in H.D. Carlton's Satan's Affair book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • reverse harem
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
"I'm not crazy!' I screech. I take a deep, calming breath and arrange the smile back on my face. 'I'm just passionate."

-H.D. Carlton, Satan's Affair

"I rip the knife from his head and start stabbing frantically, the feeling of my pretty knife cutting through flesh and bone is making my clit pulse."

-H.D. Carlton, Satan's Affair

Cover of Where's Molly by H.D. Carlton

4. Where's Molly

By: H.D. Carlton

4.20

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

A spinoff of the Cat & Mouse Duet... “Molly Devereaux has been missing for more than two weeks, … read more

Similar categories in H.D. Carlton's Where's Molly book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Carnage (L.O.R.D.S., #5) by Shantel Tessier

5. Carnage (L.O.R.D.S., #5)

By: Shantel Tessier

4.31

Format: 628 pages, Kindle Edition

A PUPPET The men in the secret society known as the Lords think they rule the world. And in a way… read more

Similar categories in Shantel Tessier's Carnage (L.O.R.D.S., #5) book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • reverse harem
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • adult
"What is it?"

-Shantel Tessier, Carnage (L.O.R.D.S., #5)

"It’s my fault. I’m definitely one of those parents who takes a hundred percent responsibility for the monster I created."

-Shantel Tessier, Carnage (L.O.R.D.S., #5)

"I’ve been a sucker for that smile since the moment I held her. It’s amazing how cute and evil something can be at the same time."

-Shantel Tessier, Carnage (L.O.R.D.S., #5)

"She’ll survive. But I can’t promise you my love won’t be what kills us both. The Lords have taught me to fight until death to get what I want. I’ll do the same for her."

-Shantel Tessier, Carnage (L.O.R.D.S., #5)

Cover of The Sacrifice (L.O.R.D.S., #3) by Shantel Tessier

6. The Sacrifice (L.O.R.D.S., #3)

By: Shantel Tessier

4.31

Format: 644 pages, Kindle Edition

HIS LADY A Lord is to marry after he graduates from Barrington University, an elite college for … read more

Similar categories in Shantel Tessier's The Sacrifice (L.O.R.D.S., #3) book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sinner (L.O.R.D.S., #2) by Shantel Tessier

7. The Sinner (L.O.R.D.S., #2)

By: Shantel Tessier

4.04

Format: 640 pages, None

An all-new dark standalone romance from author, Shantel Tessier. LITTLE DEMON I was raised in… read more

Similar categories in Shantel Tessier's The Sinner (L.O.R.D.S., #2) book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1) by Shantel Tessier

8. The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1)

By: Shantel Tessier

4.06

Format: 606 pages, Kindle Edition

THE CHOSEN ONE I vow. You vow. We vow. Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret s… read more

Similar categories in Shantel Tessier's The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1) book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"Fuck, I love you,"

-Shantel Tessier, The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1)

"I vow. You vow. We vow."

-Shantel Tessier, The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1)

"Desperation is never pretty."

-Shantel Tessier, The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1)

"She's mine. It's just that simple."

-Shantel Tessier, The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1)

Cover of Little Stranger (The Web of Silence Duet, #1) by Leigh Rivers

9. Little Stranger (The Web of Silence Duet, #1)

By: Leigh Rivers

3.81

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

OWNING HER IS ALL HE EVER WANTED She betrayed him, and now he wants revenge against the sister w… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Rivers's Little Stranger (The Web of Silence Duet, #1) book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2) by H.D. Carlton

10. Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)

By: H.D. Carlton

4.10

Format: 649 pages, Kindle Edition

The conclusion to the Cat and Mouse Duet is here... The Diamond Death walks alongside me, Bu… read more

Similar categories in H.D. Carlton's Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2) book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1) by H.D. Carlton

11. Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)

By: H.D. Carlton

3.96

Format: 583 pages, Kindle Edition

The Manipulator I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me. I will make you hurt, make… read more

Similar categories in H.D. Carlton's Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1) book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Run little mouse"

-H.D. Carlton, Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)

"It has a way of making you feel small and insignificant when you're standing before a sight as beautiful as that"

-H.D. Carlton, Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)

"After a few seconds, she continues. “I admire you more than I can say for being one of far too few people willing actually to do something to save them. The world needs more people like you, Zade."

-H.D. Carlton, Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)

"What are you feeling right now?" he asks softly. My breathing escalates. "Confined." "Trapped?" he volleys back. My mouth tightens because while a part of me wants to say yes, the truth is that I don…"

-H.D. Carlton, Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)

Cover of Pucking Around (Jacksonville Rays, #1) by Emily Rath

12. Pucking Around (Jacksonville Rays, #1)

By: Emily Rath

3.83

Format: 756 pages, Kindle Edition

When an ambitious sports medicine practitioner scores her dream job working for Jacksonville’s hott… read more

Similar categories in Emily Rath's Pucking Around (Jacksonville Rays, #1) book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • reverse harem
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann

13. Still Beating

By: Jennifer Hartmann

4.25

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

WARNING: This book contains subject matter that may be sensitive for some readers. There is dark an… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Hartmann's Still Beating book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight

14. Den of Vipers

By: K.A. Knight

3.64

Format: 654 pages, Kindle Edition

Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel—The Vipers. They run this town and everyone in it. Their deals… read more

Similar categories in K.A. Knight's Den of Vipers book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • reverse harem
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"because somewhere along the way, 'I hate you' became our 'I love you"

-K.A. Knight, Den of Vipers

"Each person that comes into your life offers you a new world, a new place and feelings, not always good, and from each one we have the opportunity to learn. Whether we accept those lessons is on us."

-K.A. Knight, Den of Vipers

"I looked into the dark and embraced my fear because hurt comes both day and night. The monsters don't wait for the sun to set, this isn't a goddamn fairy tale. This is life and monsters...monsters ar…"

-K.A. Knight, Den of Vipers

Cover of Exodus (The Ravenhood, #2) by Kate  Stewart

15. Exodus (The Ravenhood, #2)

By: Kate Stewart

4.41

Format: 450 pages, Paperback

Can you live a lie? It’s a ghost town, this place that haunts me, the one that made me. It’s … read more

Similar categories in Kate Stewart's Exodus (The Ravenhood, #2) book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • reverse harem
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"We love rainy days don't we baby?"

-Kate Stewart, Exodus (The Ravenhood, #2)

Cover of Flock (The Ravenhood, #1) by Kate  Stewart

16. Flock (The Ravenhood, #1)

By: Kate Stewart

4.12

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

Can you keep a secret? ⁣I grew up sick.⁣⁣ Let me clarify.⁣⁣I grew up believing that real love… read more

Similar categories in Kate Stewart's Flock (The Ravenhood, #1) book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • reverse harem
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"We love rainy days, don't we baby"

-Kate Stewart, Flock (The Ravenhood, #1)

Cover of Hooked (Never After, #1) by Emily McIntire

17. Hooked (Never After, #1)

By: Emily McIntire

3.79

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

From USA Today bestselling author Emily McIntire comes a dark and delicious fractured fairy tale r… read more

Similar categories in Emily McIntire's Hooked (Never After, #1) book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"Hi,' she says. My stomach flips. 'Hi back."

-Emily McIntire, Hooked (Never After, #1)

"I would give you the world. You simply have to ask. You want kids? Done."

-Emily McIntire, Hooked (Never After, #1)

"I shake my head, my body trembling. "I don't have anything to give." ..."Then give me all of your nothing."

-Emily McIntire, Hooked (Never After, #1)

"He points to the clock tower that sits in the middle of the town square, the moon and stars shimmering in the background. "Straight on 'til morning." My head tilts. "What's that mean?" His arm wraps …"

-Emily McIntire, Hooked (Never After, #1)

Cover of Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton

18. Does It Hurt?

By: H.D. Carlton

3.92

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Who am I? I've forgotten the answer to that question long ago. Ever since I ran from that house… read more

Similar categories in H.D. Carlton's Does It Hurt? book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Sabotage (L.O.R.D.S., #4) by Shantel Tessier

19. Sabotage (L.O.R.D.S., #4)

By: Shantel Tessier

3.82

Format: 229 pages, None

COLTON Raylee Lexington Adams is my stepsister and the one woman in the world who can make my bloo… read more

Similar categories in Shantel Tessier's Sabotage (L.O.R.D.S., #4) book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
"Raylee’s here."

-Shantel Tessier, Sabotage (L.O.R.D.S., #4)

"A whore like her will fuck anything,"

-Shantel Tessier, Sabotage (L.O.R.D.S., #4)

"Reaching out, he grips my chin. His fingers dig into my skin, forcing a whimper from my parted lips. Holding me in place, he lowers his face to mine. “I love it when you cry,"

-Shantel Tessier, Sabotage (L.O.R.D.S., #4)

"I love him, and he loves me. I never expected my love to match my hatred for him. I thought the game of who can destroy the other was what would us in. But love? That’s the deadliest kind of drug. I …"

-Shantel Tessier, Sabotage (L.O.R.D.S., #4)

Cover of Credence by Penelope Douglas

20. Credence

By: Penelope Douglas

3.68

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Tiernan de Haas doesn’t care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his star… read more

Similar categories in Penelope Douglas's Credence book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • reverse harem
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • dark
  • menage
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"Making a mistake takes seconds. Living with them takes a lifetime."

-Penelope Douglas, Credence

Cover of King of Wrath (Kings of Sin, #1) by Ana Huang

21. King of Wrath (Kings of Sin, #1)

By: Ana Huang

4.06

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

She’s the wife he never wanted…and the weakness he never saw coming. Ruthless. Meticulous. A… read more

Similar categories in Ana Huang's King of Wrath (Kings of Sin, #1) book and Penelope Douglas's Credence

"There's nothing wrong with a little dysfunction. It keeps things interesting."

-Ana Huang, King of Wrath (Kings of Sin, #1)

"I'm sorry for hurting you...for pushing you away...for ever making you feel unwanted when you're the only person I've ever loved"

-Ana Huang, King of Wrath (Kings of Sin, #1)

"He'd turned the room into a planetarium. No, not a planetarium. A virtual galaxy. Brilliant stars splashed across the soaring walls and ceiling and swirled beneath our feet. Constellations dotted the…"

-Ana Huang, King of Wrath (Kings of Sin, #1)

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